Overview
- Officials report 64 dead, including four police officers, after the Oct. 28 raid in northern Rio de Janeiro.
- Residents and eyewitnesses say more than 50 civilians were killed and that families removed bodies from the neighborhoods.
- G1 reports at least 64 bodies were placed in Praça São Lucas, with its tally suggesting up to 128 deaths, and Brasil247 cites a total as high as 134.
- Roughly 2,500 officers took part in the operation targeting the Comando Vermelho criminal group in favela complexes.
- Governor Cláudio Castro calls the action successful and faults Brasília for not sending troops, as Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski says no request was received and the figures remain contested.